History VisualNovel / PlumbersDontWearTies

* CensorBox: Censor Giant Nose, even. There's a code that removes them.

* ScoringPoints: Their [[ThePointsMeanNothing meaninglessness]] is exemplified in the ViolationOfCommonSense trope below. In fact, the highest possible score in the game is ''-170,000'' according to [[https://www.gamefaqs.com/3do/584456-plumbers-dont-wear-ties/faqs/18976 GameFAQs]]. Lampshaded in one decision screen when the player makes an incorrect choice: "P.S. Your scoring system stinks!"

* LoveAtFirstSight: Deciding you want to marry a woman you've never talked to that you just bumped into in an office parking lot is not generally a recipe for fun.

* ScoringPoints: Their [[ThePointsMeanNothing meaninglessness]] is exemplified in the ViolationOfCommonSense trope below. In fact, the highest possible score in the game is ''-170,000'' according to [[https://www.gamefaqs.com/3do/584456-plumbers-dont-wear-ties/faqs/18976 GameFAQs]].

--->"That bitch of a mother from the last scene just told her son to have kids!"

* OnlyOneName: The only named characters with a surname are Harry Armis and Paul Thresher. Lampshaded by Jane in the "Turn poor Jane away!" option, when she begs for John to come back and says she doesn't even know his last name.

* BackgroundMusic: Some of it is stock music from various libraries (Universal Publishing; JW Media Music). See "Slide it In" and "Wild Heart" for two examples.

** The game's ''title'' is a blatant lie as well, as after the opening scene John ''wears a tie''!

* HostileShowTakeover: Another narrator named Thelma randomly shows up, and beats up Harry Armis. He then comes back later with an Uzi and shoots her.
* ImagineSpot: There are a few in the "Meeting has to wait" option as John and Jane ponder what they would be like if they were different. These involve a small-breasted Jane, a Filipino John, a businessman John, a more "exotic" Jane, and a blond John.

* TheStinger: The end credits show a photo of the two narrators (Thelma's face is pixelated) with a caption saying "Producer and friend... Now serving hard time because of this production.", then two more stills of the two driving off in a red Ferrari (with Anderson wearing his Harry Armis chicken mask and Thelma in sunglasses). Then a photo of Fasulo, Basone, Bokor, and Anderson appears.
* StylisticSuck: The trailer and menus for the 2024 UpdatedRerelease by Limited Run Games revel in the original game's notoriety; the infamous [[CensorBox Censor Giant Nose]] is plastered everywhere, the quotes are all terrible reviews that the original game got back in the day and it still has the shoddy audio quality of the original.

* TitleDrop: Right at the very end, where John finally admits that he's a plumber ([[FailedASpotCheck even though just looking at the giant 'Plumber On A Bike' logo on his motorcycle could already have tipped Jane off]]), but Jane insists he's lying because, as she puts it, '''''[[InsaneTrollLogic Plumbers Don't Wear Ties]]'''''.
** Also done much earlier on during the phone call with John and his mother:
-->'''John''': Ma, I'm a plumber, and plumbers don't wear ties!

* UpdatedReRelease: ''Plumbers Don't Wear Ties: The Definitive Edition'', an upcoming remaster set for release in 2024.

* WhatTheHellPlayer: Armis will not always agree with what you're doing. [[MortonsFork Sometimes he will say that even if you pick a ''different'' route.]]

* PapaWolf: Despite being verbally abusive towards his daughter, Jane's father threatens to kill the men who hit on Jane at her last job.

* ShoutOut: Once the exotic imaginary Jane foils the blonde imaginary John's attempt at killing her, she responds, "[[Film/WhiteMenCantJump White men can't use knives]]".

** If you choose any the other options the game calls you a loser for [[HypocriticalHumor doing such a lousy script]], including the boss [[spoiler:acting very generously and giving Jane an extremely well paying job with many bonuses, evidently as a sinecure so she can be his mistress]].

** And it doesn't seem to stop with alcohol either, as there's an assortment of other random items including what looks like a bottle of ''Draino'' among the wine bottles he's got on the table.

* LogicBomb: The 3DO version is 17-rated, but one part is 18-rated. [[ButThouMust But you need to play this part to finish the game]]. So... how can a 17-year-old possibly play the game and complete it?
** However upon closer inspection of the "17" label, you can see "Guidance for 17 & Under" written under it.

* LiveActionCutscene: The 3DO version's pre-intro cutscene does actually qualify for being full-motion video, which probably makes the subsequent slideshow presentation afterwards more jarring.

''Plumbers Don't Wear Ties'' is a text-adventure game which can also serve as one of the few early Western examples of the {{Visual Novel}}, originally released for the PC in 1993 by United Pixtures (in their [[OneBookAuthor only known release]]), followed by a [[UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer 3DO]] port in 1994 by Kirin Entertainment (in their first [[CreatorKiller and second-to-last release]]) and written and directed by Michael Anderson. The game is a [[CoversAlwaysLie self-proclaimed full motion video]] game, as they want you to believe. It's actually little more than a slideshow of {{random events|Plot}}, featuring "[[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery a plumber]], a DaddysGirl, chickens, [[CityMouse crazed yuppies]], [[BadBoss evil bosses]], pandas, {{shower scene}}s, [[CoolCar race cars]], [[NaughtyNuns a nun]]".[[note]]¿ʇᴉ ʇǝפ[[/note]]

It was rather unexpectedly announced at E3 2021 that Limited Run Games would be re-releasing it for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, and PC at some point in the future. It was later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUWU1v3zvEE re-revealed]] in 2023 as ''Plumbers Don't Wear Ties: Definitive Edition'', which features "nicer" graphics and new extra features such as interviews and audio commentaries. ''Definitive Edition'' is set for release on March 5, 2024.

''Plumbers Don't Wear Ties'' is a text-adventure game which can also serve as one of the few early Western examples of the {{Visual Novel}}, originally released for the PC in 1993 by United Pixtures (in their [[OneBookAuthor only known release]]), followed by a [[UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer 3DO]] port in 1994 by Kirin Entertainment (in their first [[CreatorKiller and second-to-last release]]) and directed by Michael Anderson. The game is a [[CoversAlwaysLie self-proclaimed full motion video]] game, as they want you to believe. It's actually little more than a slideshow of {{random events|Plot}}, featuring "[[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery a plumber]], a DaddysGirl, chickens, [[CityMouse crazed yuppies]], [[BadBoss evil bosses]], pandas, {{shower scene}}s, [[CoolCar race cars]], [[NaughtyNuns a nun]]".[[note]]¿ʇᴉ ʇǝפ[[/note]]

It was rather unexpectedly announced at E3 2021 that Limited Run Games would be re-releasing it for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, and PC at some point in the future. It was later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUWU1v3zvEE re-revealed]] in 2023 as ''Plumbers Don't Wear Ties: Definitive Edition'', which features "nicer" graphics and new extra features such as interviews and audio commentaries. ''Definitive Edition'' is set for a December 2023 release.

* StylisticSuck: The trailer and menus for the 2023 UpdatedRerelease by Limited Run Games revel in the original game's notoriety; the infamous [[CensorBox Censor Giant Nose]] is plastered everywhere, the quotes are all terrible reviews that the original game got back in the day and it still has the shoddy audio quality of the original.

* UpdatedReRelease: ''Plumbers Don't Wear Ties: The Definitive Edition'', an upcoming remaster set for release in December 2023.

* NeverTrustATitle: ''John wears a tie.''[[note]]Granted, he does complain about it, and is only doing it because his mother made him do it.[[/note]] AVGN also lampshades this, much to his consternation.

* GroinAttack: The imaginary Jane does this to the imaginary John in thefirst ImagineSpot.

* ShowerScene: Completely gratuitously with both John and Jane. They're censored during normal play, though a code can change that.

* TakeOffYourClothes: "TAKE YOUR DAMN CLOTHES OFF!"

* PhotoshopFilterOfEvil: In addition to the title screen appearing as if it was done on UsefulNotes/MSPaint by a kindergarten student (according to WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd), the game is plastered with wacky filters ''all over the place''.

It was rather unexpectedly announced at E3 2021 that Limited Run Games would be re-releasing it for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, and PC at some point in the future. It was later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUWU1v3zvEE re-revealed]] in 2023 as ''Plumbers Don't Wear Ties: Definitive Edition'', which features "nicer" graphics and new extra features such as interviews and audio commentaries. ''The Definitive Edition'' is set for a December 2023 release.

It was rather unexpectedly announced at E3 2021 that Limited Run Games would be re-releasing it for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, and PC at some point in the future. It was later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUWU1v3zvEE re-revealed]] in 2023 as ''Plumbers Don't Wear Ties: The Definitive Edition'', which features "nicer" graphics and new extra features such as interviews and audio commentaries. ''The Definitive Edition'' is set for a December 2023 release.